 | BladeCenter HX5 (7873 - F5x)
Network Server IBM | 01 Jul 2013
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| Windows Server 2012 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | ||
Product Description
The IBM® BladeCenter® HX5 server is a blade server based on the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture®, delivering innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. *Provide optimal performance for your demanding virtualization and database applications * Reduce qualification time by standardizing on same system for two- and four-socket server needs * Scale memory without adding CPUs or software licenses * Get faster time to value by deploying workload-optimized systems
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: HIE177ZUS - v1.77 (11/15/2012) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-4870 2.40 GHz |
| RAM: | 96 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X1 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200 VE |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) QLogic ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA , FibreChannel |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD , FibreChannel |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.9 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
139113
Adapters and Drivers
| Matrox® MGA G200 VE | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013 | Driver Size: 190720 | ||||||||
| Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 1.4.11 | |||||||||
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| Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 126831 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 9f0d664e3fe093c19b86863ae772fa25 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 2.2.3 | |||||||||
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| LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 110543 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 522acc8cdd5602f7d96b1594d4ca4a6c | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 4.28.00.01suse | |||||||||
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| QLogic ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: qla2xxx.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 784847 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 97e6f7c9667034d237848630d4c7fb67 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 8.04.00.13.11.3- | |||||||||
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